

You don't want to know how much it cost to ship it to Maryland." It ended up being 11.2 pounds of bottle caps. "Turns out 4.5 years of undergrad and three years in a Master's program leads to a lot of drinking. "Fallout 3 was my favourite game for several years, so I made the rational choice to start saving up bottle caps," said superfan Seth, aka GatorMacheteJr on Imgur. ORIGINAL STORY 5.23pm: Someone has attempted to pre-order Fallout 4 by sending developer Bethesda over 2000 actual bottle caps, the series' in-game currency. When asked which edition of the game he'd receive, Seth noted in a comment "They said a copy of the game or Steam-key if I preferred." Someone on Imgur even offered to gift me a copy of the game if I didn't get one. "People were simultaneously worried about my rate of drinking (I'm fine, thanks), and were also disappointed in my lack of drinking (I'm fine, thanks). "I just wanted to say 'thank you' to everyone who helped in making this happen," Seth added.

"For being first, he deserves the recognition," Grandstaff added on Twitter. "He told me since I was the first person to do this, I would be receiving a copy of the game this November," he explained. Seth stated in a new Imgur post that Bethesda's Matt Grandstaff got back to him about this unusual request.

So don't go out getting smashed and sending Bethesda your caps in hopes of attaining its highly anticipated sequel. UPDATE 5.49pm: Bethesda has accepted Seth's bottle caps as legal tender to pre-order Fallout 4, but only because he was the first to do this.
